(Misc. 56) 
'4 
It is reques*t*nl that the following 
number be quoted in the reply to 
this letter. 
No. 487/21 
Botanic <$ai*bens f Singapore, 
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 
.25 th..April. ,192 I 
ITTU RT 0? Tire t:gqICONIC O ARDTH 
* m 
Sir, 
I have the honour to represent to 
you that until a decision is arrived at regarding the 
Economic Garden the effectiveness of my department is 
quite impossible of attainment: and therefore T heg to 
he allowed to press for a decision, 
p t9 in this letter I shall refer to 
the area of the Economic Garden as divided into 
A. the Kill- land occupied hy quarters for the Gardens t 
s taff, 
B. the Hill land which is under cultivation^ 
C. the Lot/ land, 
3, JjUs/cfj ou are aware that the site of the 
Economic Garden has been suggested for (I) -letting to a 
co-operative building society (2) the building of Govern 
merit quarters and (3) the Baffles Memorial College. The 
first suggestion came from the Singapore Housing 
Commission, The Commission asked on February 18th,, T 9T" 
for my evidence upon the value of the land; that 
evidence T gave pertly in writing end partly by word 
mouth. In writing I classified the land into Hill-lard t 
53 acres, and low land ^6 acres, and carried the classi¬ 
fication further showing that of the hill-land 7f 
acres were occupied hy buildings. The Commission 
subsequently visited the Garden and 7/a3 left in no 
doubt as to the necessity of the buildings to the 
